Detective Deville

<p><em>DeVille </em>started as a bobby on the beat and rose rapidly through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police to become one of their foremost detectives. The stories in this collection are based on his experiences and are all true - except one and even that is true-to-life. <em>DeVille </em>dealt with many crimes and misdemeanours but always fairly never over-stepping the mark. His stories reveal a caring and considerate approach to his criminal flock. At the same time these stories are often excursions into a curious land where truth is stranger than fiction and populated by uncommissioned police dogs invisible cyclists flying-horses gorilla-suited interviewers and straight-talking crickets. In fact the more serious his subject the more hilarious the story he tells. In his tales of The London Village of Melsham included in full in this collection he shows his affection for the larger-than-life characters who once lived and worked in that place and who always kept him on his toes not so very long ago.</p><p><em>DeVille </em>did murders. Or rather he investigated them. And in telling his often grim tales he reveals much about his own psychological make-up. In order to deal with the horrors of dismembered bodies and inconceivable wickedness <em>DeVille </em>is driven to repeat his story to repeat it to any and all who will listen. He regularly gathers a crowd of listeners and commands a table at the Pig & Whistle somewhere in the depths of South London.</p><p>Throughout this book <em>DeVille </em>confesses much to his Writer who affectionately prods and prompts revealing the full extent of <em>DeVille's </em>devotion to duty and the welfare of all. This is the true story of Detective <em>DeVille </em>of the Metropolitan Police of <em>Detective DeVille</em> the Urban Shepherd.</p><p><br></p>